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Natural Gns ExnlosInn.

PIrTsBuRaH, Feb. San explosion Of
natural gas in tho Allegheny river to.
night, damaged the steamer John P.
Thorn to the extent Of $500 and quite
seriously burned Captain Henry Now and
his brother Tilman, the engineer. The
boat was tied up at the wharf at the foot
Of Third street, and it is supposed that
the gas escaping from leak in the main
under the bed Of the river, ignited from
the fires In the furnaces. When the ex.
plonion occurred the boat was instantly
enveloped in 1smes, but before the FIRE
gained any headway it was e1tinguishcd.
The Captain and engineer were standing
on the deck at the time, and both were
painfully burned. Their injuries, how.
ever, are not fatal. q s5..!! 4 fEe ,
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RAILROAD DISASTER
At White River Junction-Tho Investls satIon
Resumed.


Resumed.
.,-WHrrE RIVER JUNCTION, W., Feb. IS
Tho investigation of the railroad disaster
OF Saturday was continued to-day. Bag
gsge master Cole, employed on the train
which went down, said tina. the first in
timation OF the trouble was, he should
Judge, a. the end Of the bridge, whore
there was sharp shock. "My theory is
that the first passenger car WAS Oft the
track before reaching the bridge, but be-
cause OF ths frozen ground. ran smoothly
until the bridge was reached, when, from
tho dropping CT the passenger car OH 10
tho bridge, it depressed the couplers of
that, letting them apart, then all the fol-
lowing cars ran on TO the bridge off the
track"
George Parker, the brakeman who
jumped from the train just before it reach
ed the bridge, was the next witness. He
testified that the train vas going at the
rate OF seven or ei !, ht miles an hour at the
time, and gave in evidence tho substance
Of his previous statements regarding his
ride to the junction, and arousing the poo
pie on the way. He did not return to the
wreck until yesterday. He suffered from
the cold on the way, and was severely
bruised by the accident. he remembered
seeing the FIRE fly from the wheels, rails
and spikeB as the cara passed him.. He
could not say whether all the trucks
of his car were of the track or not,
when he jumped. He was sure the rear
ones were, for he was on the end over
them. He noticed when the engineer ap-
piled the cir brakes and thought they were
down so far as the crossing this side OF the
bridge; did not know Of the conductor
applying the airbrakes; did no. signal the
engineer and don't know Of tho conduc-
tors doing so. The witness's duty would
have been to pull the bell cord or apply
the car brakes. The reason ho did not.
was that he was so excited. The car was
shaking badly-going up and down. He
should think there were twenty-five or
thirty passengers in the forward car. He
did not go through the other cars alter
leaving the Junction except tho second
coach.
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Prcsldent, cannot iorbear to appriso him,
since he has raised the race issue, that
Frederick Douglass was, It Ia understood,
requested to resign the Office OF Recorder
OF Deeds In the District OF Columbia in
order that James O. Matthews might
be appointed to tho place. With.
out doubt Frederick Douglass ia
tho most distinguished representa-.
tive oi tho colored race, not in this coun.
try only but in the world. Just recogni-
ton would have been tendered to our
colored fellow-cltizens by the retention Of
Frederick Douglass rather than by his en-
forced retirement In order To reward an
unknown and obscure partisan who had
never been slavO and, therefore repre.
sented the enfrarchised race only by the
accident OF color. The devotion OF the Pres.
ident to the political and civil advance.
ment ol the colored race might have been
equally attested and good faith might
have been strongly evinced by the reten.
ton Of Douglass In the office, whose
duties no was discharging To the satisiac.
ton ot the people, unless 1t Is to be
understood that tjuBt recognition Is to be
rendered only 10 those members OF that
s"sC "NS No uuPPooou W bQl6ItAlu par
licular political opinions. In such case
the issue OF race disappears and the test Is
politics. ss.l-5 ~. M
"Tho Senate has no official information,
other than that contained in the message
Of the President, whether Matthews Is
white or black. He is admitted to be |
citizen Of New York. The office to which
he is nominated Is strictly local. The
compensation for the performance OF its |
duties is not paid by the government, |
but mainly by citizens Of the
District having papers to be re-.
corded therein. His confirmation is |
opposed with substantial .unanimity by |
The citizens Of the District withou. regard |
to color, politics or occupation. Ths Jus.
principles Of Hslt.government, as we'll as |
the declarations Of both political parties,
Justify their desire that the duties OF the
office Of Recorder Of Deeds should be per.
formed by some resident OF the District
lcceptable to those whose properly Is to
DO affected by hia acts aud who pay the |
entire expense OF It's administration
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TIE Charleston Tribune Gays Of a. bill
introduced by Senator Price Of Mineral in
the interest Of ex-senator Henry G. Davis
railroad: Il ~
Ii the bill becomes a law. the company
in whose interest the bill is sought to bo
passed. will have ono OF the worst mouop.
oliea ever organized in the State OF West
Virginia. Il practically shuts out every
projected railroad enterprise in the coun-
ties OF Mineral, Grant, Tucker, Randolph,
Pocahontas, Groonbrier, Webster, Nicho-
las, Brsxton, Clay, Fsyette and Kanawhs.
It gives into the hands OF tho aaid com
pany, the exclusive right to operate q
railroad through these counties and b.
stowa upon them to the prejudice Of other
railroad enterprises, franchise that is
worth millions of dollars.
II this is what the bill means it is not
the kind OF legislation we want in West
Virginia. Wo arc not ready to lock up
any county and give the key to railroad
nN,an,-,, gt f.
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Flood ut lluffnlo.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. s.-Anothtr food
is imminent in the Third ward. Long
continued rains caused Buffalo creek to
rise, and judging from the appearance this
evening much damage 10 likely to follow.
streets 1t flooded everything. The pro-
pellors Fountain City and Idaho we're
wedged against the Michigan street
bridge where they were forced by the ice
Jam somc weeks ago. Between these boats
is ths Runnie Vought all held firmly by
the ice which piled up in the creek to the
depth Of 15feet. -,
Residente Of the ward are getting ready
Tor the expected freshet. Some people
keep boats in houses, these BEING cot
ready for fear the food will move the
houses from tho foundations. On Seneca
street the water Is two feet above tho
road and rising rapidly. =
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JOLIET, ILL, Feb. S.-Forty.eight hours
Of continuous rain in this section is caus-
ing serious damage to property. Ycster-
day tho rain poured down in torrents for
several hours accompanied by the most
violent thunderclsps and frequent light
ming. The railroad bridges across Spring
and Hickory creeks are, swept away, and
along the valleys Of those streams, which
are spreading far over their banks, the
people arc moving out to safe quarters.
Tho rain is still pouring down and seri-
GUS flood is threatened. Traffic on the
Santa Fs road along the Desplaines river
is suspended and extennive general dam.
age will result unless the rain and thaw
ceases very soon. ~ 49,
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CoRRr, Pa, Fob. s.-Dstective Jack
Nelson, OF Meadville, Pa, who is in the
employ OF the New York, Pennsylvania &
Ohio Railroad, arresled last night at Bear
Lake, Warren county, Michael Crow, q
trackmsn, and q telegraph operator named
Crosby, charged with car breaking
and robbing the mails. This business has
been going on for some time and it is
thought that two thousand dollars worth
o. merchandise, money, bank checks, etc.,
has been stolen. Both men plead guilty
to the charges. and wero taken to the
county jail at Warren this morning.
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PETERING OUT.
Tho Strike of the Freight Handlers Abou
on Its Last Legs. r

A"o otko .oi INC trclsht hNnulers About
on Its Last Legs.
New YORK. Feb. S.-There was con-
siderable activity on the piers Of the river
front this morning, the freight was being
moved with much more dispatch than on
eny day Bince the strike. Tho time that
has elapsed aincs tho longs horemen and
freight handlers quit work has enabled
the railroad and steamship companies to
select, and in some cases srain, sufficient
men to keep the freight moving steadily
along. Bcsides, many OF tho old freight
handlera and 'longshoremen are coming
back to work, not at tho places where
they arc known, bu. where they are least
likely to be known. The Msino Steam
ship. Company has got most OF its cd
hands back. On tho Clyde Line dock,
Pier 90, East river, there were 200 men
waiting for the steamer City OF Atlanta to
roach the dock. Superintendent Healy
said ho had all the men he required. The
Mallory Line dock has resumed it's former
appearance. Chss. Mallory said that they
were nos expecting any difficulty The
manager at Pier No. 10 said that he con-
sidered the strike ended so far as it affect
ed their pier. They could get more help
than WAS wanted. -. e.
The Union boatmen who struck because
they would not handle "scab" coal, el-
though they were satisfied with tho price
paid them Us cents per ton), are also
weakening. They hesitate to openly
abandon the cause Of the strikers, but the
% cents q ton now offered is so tempting
that those who own boats compromise by
making out bills OF sale OF the boats to a
friend. That friend goes 10 the companies
ind offers to transport the coal at the rul-
ing rates. Their odare have mostly been
refused, the companies preferring as long
as they have got to pay exhorbitant rates,
to pay them to outsiders. 'Longahcre-
mems Union No. met in Brooklyn last
night. About 800 men were present.
They we're decidedly in favor OF continu-
ing the fight. The older men, however,
expressed their conviction that the men
would have to 20 back bsiors Thursdsy.
It ia generally believed that the great
strike is abont to come to an cnd. The
Times to.day says: "The fact is the freight
handlers strike is confessed TO bo failure,
even By themselves They were refused
work when they offered to return. The
Pennsylvania and Jersey Central proba.
bly, had the most oirsrs oil this kind. Both
companies have an unusually good class
OF green hands"
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COLUMBUS, o., Feb. S.-The interstate
convention of miners aud operators did
not get to work until late in
the afternoon, aud cutside OF or
gsnizlEg, with 0acar Townsend, Of
Cleveland as President and, Chris Evans,
Of New S.raitsville, Secretary, and the ap-
pointment OF Committees on Credentials
and Rules, there Was no business &C.
conplished. The convention will resume
business at 0 o'clock tomorrow.
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, Arrest Made Mt Columbus,

CoLUMBus, O., Feb. S,-Fitt Smith, a
notorious character, suspected OF implica.
ton in the rescue OF McMunn, the iur
robber, at Ravenna. was arrested in res.
taursnt near the Union depot, this city,
last night, on a telegram from Chief OF
Police Smith, Of Cleveland, giving an
accurate description Of the man. Smith
boarded Cincinnati, Akron & Columbus
train at Orrville for Columbus, and tele-
graphed his wife, who is employed at a
hotel here, to meet him. He left the
train outside the depot and was arrested
two hours later. His left eye was blsck-
ened and his left arm broken. When
searched he had several dollars and a
ticket for St Louis. Smith refused to talk
and was locked up. - z .z,,''-i- ---;--i-
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WHAT TO LOOK FOR
In tho Way OF Anusements Mt tho Opera
House In tho Near Future, Fas

In tho Way OF Amusements Mt tho Opera
House In tho Near Future.
The attractions booked for tho near
future at the Opera House are, Frank
Davis in Isl Perkins; or the Girl l Left
Behind Me-" next Saturday evening; the
play is one full Of local points, the scenes
being located in Hancock county, Wells.
burg and hero. The Monday following,
Arthur RshRa's company in tho charming
comedy, Nancy < Co.," will appear. On
the 10 and 10, Leon & Cushman's com.
pany in the comedy "Oa the Sly" The
entertainment for tho benefit Of the Wo.
mems Union Benevolent Society by the
Opera House orchestra aud Miss Dillon
will take place on the IS.
May Fortescue, the celebrated English
actress, will bs hero Saturday, February
10. She is the one whose breach OF prom.
iae suit. against Lord Gsrmoil, now Earl
OF Cairns, attracted 80 much attention at
the time and which she won TO the tune
Of several thousand pounds. She will ap.
pear in some society play.
Mr.. Newton Beers, with his Bpectscular
mslo-drams, "Lost In London" will hold
the boards on the 90. Mr.. Beers has
been here before, but mover with this
play; he has many admirers here who
know him to be genial gentleman and a
splendid actor gifted with marked ability.
His play is a fine one with many unusual
brilliant accessories and effects.
Miss Kate Forsythe, handsome
woman, for long time McCullough'f
leading lady, will be. here on the 25
and 21.
Among the possibilities arc Minnie
Maddern. "a Night OF" and the cele
brated Duff Opera Company, the leading
ono on the road outside Of the Nationals
in ga Trip Through Africa This com
pany is looked for on February % ant
March !. Janish, the tragedienue, comes
March'4 and 5. The frat thing after Lon
will be "Evangeline."
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Il Marrow Escnps.

CINclssATI, o., Feb. S.-As the Cincin:
natl, Hamilton and indianapolis train was
about crossing tho State line from Indiana
into Ohio yesterday a bullet fred by aome
unknown person came crashing through
q window Of the passenger car, passing
closely in front of the head OF A. ?. Nit
chell, Of the firm Of Vallcte &, Mitchell,
New York City, burying itaelf in the wood
work on the other eide Of the car. No
clew to the miacreant who fred the shot
has been found, -gl5F, !. N
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uULLIGAN DIES
From the Effects OF his Fight with Toughs
~ ~ on a Train. M u

Froui tho Inects OF MS rfBhe WIKI xouRhh
stH W. on n Train. g.. . laE-
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. S.-DeteCtive HUI.
llgan, ono Of the police olflcsrs assaulted
by'desperadoeB Mt !Rsvenna, died at 9:3O
O'Clock this morning. His condition took
a change 80 rapidly for tho worse since
yesterday that ell hopes entertained for
his recovery wore abandoned this morn
ing. Tho attending physician, DR.. B. D.
Smith, spent the greater part Of the night
at tho house, and saw that the inilamms.
ton OF tho lining membranes OF the brain
WAS extending very rapidly, although the
wounded man seemed TO sleep and rest
wal All. o'clock the doctor called at tho
houss and found his patient so low that
he considered his condition very slarminv,
although not hopeless. Dr.. Smith went
home to breakfast and returned to the de.
tective's house an hour later. In the short
space Of time he had been absent Hulli.
gan had grown 60 much worse that he
gave up all hope, and in an hour he was
dead. He leaves wife and four children.
Detective Hulligan was 10 years old,
and WAS the Oldest detective in Cleveland
in point Of service. He was a handsome
man, and no one ever questioned his
bravery. The people OF Cleveland are
plunged into grief ovor his death, and
every daily paper in the city ia receiving
money for the relief Of his family.
The post mortem examination revealed
ten terrible wounds in his head. The
skull in one place was fractured from the
left temple to the base Of tho brain. The
coupling pin that the cut-throats used
upon him weighs 7 pounds, and is COW
cred with a newspaper tightly wound with
twine. ....-7i- 10
Captain Hoehu, the other wounded off.
Ger, is improving rapidly, although shot
twics and struck with tho coupling pin
several times, ~
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FoRr SHAW, MoNr., ! Feb. s.-There was
heavy snow storm Sunday night, e1.
tending through Northern Montana from
north OF Fort Assinaboino to Fort Shaw.
From four to eight inches fell, making
fourteen to tTenty-iour inches now on the
level. The cattle are suffering terribly.
the fuel famine still continues at Fort
Benton. Coal Is 800 q ton and is extreme
ly difficult to obtain even at that figure.
Wood is ssarco and selling at a high
figure. The Indian Commissioners have
been snowbound at Choteau since jan
uarY 9S s1e L-.lLL-.st -l.-.-L.-. \ ~ ~.
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Sllnt ON tho Iilrhunx.

CINCINNATI, Feb. s.-The Times.Star
Wilmington, Ohio, special says: Assl
Babb, nephew of the Town Marshal, last
night shot aud killed Andrew Moore,
co!ored, on tho highway, three miles from
town. Babb, who gave himself up, says
he scted in self defense. The men had
quarreled some time ago.
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THE widow Of Colonel Thomas A. scott,
the Pennsylvania Railroad man, has built
for heracliiu Philade!phis residence OF
fity.:So rooms. she can move orce
every week in the year without occupy
Ing the same room for more than week.
How her less famed sisters will envy Mrr.
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THAT South Carolina story Of the negro
who has just heard OF emancipation has
an apocryphal :Sang. There was no sane
negro IN America who did not know he
was free man by the time the war wa.
over. That news Travelled in So7en.lesgue
boals among tho blacks,
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" tho Morrison Carlisle wing OF the
Democracy can't appreciate the genius Of
amsn who hsa moro than once crippled
It, what are wo coming tor Yet it seems
that the statesmen on that side don't in.
tend 10 give Mr.. Randal's tariff bill much
Of show. This is painful.
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Capt. burnett sIts Down on De,tis.


NEw YoRx, Feb. SIT is reported that
negotiations are pending between the
Adams Express Company and the Balti.
more and Ohio Railroad by which the
Adams Express Company may acquire
control OF the Baltimore aud Ohio express
business. No details can as yet be OBJ
tanned. 4,
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ROME, Feb. SIT is reported that the
Abyssinisns lost 5000 in the battle in
which the Italian forces were defeated
near Massowab, in the Soudan, on Jam
uary q. Prime Minister Depritis an
nourcod 10 the Chamber OF Deputies this
afternoon that the ontire cabinet had re.
p;Unad .... -..H
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LONDON, Fob. .S.-striking miners at
Blsntyre, Scotland, to-dey, engaged in
riotous demonstrations and looted num-
Der of chops. Tho local police were pow
erlees. Troops had to bs called out to
quiet tho disturbance, A number OF ar.
rests were made. The miners' strike is
spreading in Scotland.
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FR,Scls MURPHY, after doing q great
yor: In Cincinnati, has gone to Chicago,
whore he aud Mr.. Mood will Join haudp.
Theirs will bo u strong team, but not
stronger than Chicago needs. ir.
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TRACK LAYING Z
On tho Piedmont & Cumberland Isnilroati
~ Under Difficulties. ltt4,
Euxaial ~ Y

~ tIt Under Difficulties. .lt tlgttl. r
Special Di'pateh 10 ne Inielietneer.
CUMBERLAND, Mn, Feb. Stack lay
Ing on the Piedmont 4 Cumberland rail.
road Ia almost completed. The land
contained in the Cookery farm, near
Rawlings, WAS condemned, but an in
junction wss perved by the court prohib.
iting said company from laying their
tracks through tho pramises and for the
pastfew days tho Shoriif has had posse
guarding this point. Yesterday the rail.
road company obtained an injunction 70.
the posee from interfering with
the laying Of The track, and in the even.
Ing W. ]. Read, attorney for tho road,
went up to serve 1t. When the injunction
was read the poess withdrew aud track
laying was begun by. 200 employees and
200 Elk Garden miners who came down
on q special train, and was finished at
nnnn "#HI Z. 2 .HH ~ . .
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AMERICAN powder Is about to be ship.
ped in large quantities across tho Allan.
tic. How odd it would be II this powder
were 10 come back to us.on board OF Brit.
isb uun.oi.war.
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TfIrl. t.s.H..z -.
All But tho Fourth Pool.

PlTrsnunGn, Pa, Feb. SIT is now pre-
dicted that the river coal mines with the
exception of those in the fourth pool will
be in operation on M,ndsy. '
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Cheap Excursion Tickets to California.
Cheap excursion tickets to California
points are now on sale by the Pan Handle
route. For tickets and further particulars
call on or address ]. G. Tomlinson, pasgen-
ger agent, Pan Handle Route, Wheeling,
w. Va. 555gs. /. la'7 ,'.S1 - -,
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IT Ia some consolation to know that
alter the first thrus: a British bayonet
looks like u corkscrow. But who wants
10 hsyc his blood drawn with such an
implement? NrH. ..sss sE5l, ...r.,
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Ghp A.tellilqetlter:
onictl No.. rs and 81 Fourteenth Street.
II /, the deadly railroad ntove that kills.
TINS penilentiaty investigation does not
bprlu with wh!rl, as 1t were. Perhaps
,hs worst ID 10 come.

"sLrua3n" SULLIVAN came near being o
nroles5Ional base balliat. Sundry per.
sons are tory he changed his mighty
mind. --.., l.-
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LEGIsLAT PROCEEDINGS.


Prohibition Virtually Killed-IIllls Passed
Yesterday.
Special Dispatch TO the Inttlf0aeer
CHARLESTON, W. Va, Feb. S.-Prohibi.
ton came up again in the Senate to-day.
Mr.. McCreery voted aye, and then on his
motion the announcement OF the result
was again postponed until Saturday.
President Price, who was referred to in
Mondays papers as about to change bis
vote, has concluded not 10 do 80, and the
defeat OF the measure seems irrevccable.
The anti-frse-pass bill, with tho anti.
newspaper amendment, passed the House
to-day, but its friends refused to order it
to take effect from it's passage. A motion
to reconsider will be made tomorrow, and
l think it will pass.
Mr.. Thayer got three bills through the
House in one batch to-day. One amends
the charter Of Grafton, one creates a
school district. Of West Grafton and q
third amends tho law creating school
district Of Pruntytown. The only other
bill passed creates an Independent school
district Of Point Pleasant. The House is
holding night sessions.